oakvillebob wrote:
I am primarily a wildlife photographer, bird, bugs,flowers. The birds will not let you get close enough even with my 200-500 mm lens. I, of course resort to cropping to get the good part of the capture. When I used my 21 megapixel sensor I was more limited than I am now with my 36 megapixel sensor. My question is, how many megapixels are necessary to get an aesthetically pleasing print in say an 8x10 or 11x14. I am attaching 2 photos that show how much I actually crop. 8122 347kb from 20763 kb 7382 182 kb from 24432, and of course the other age old question would I get better quality if I shot raw rather than jpeg which would roughly double the size of the captured photo. Thanks for your input
I am primarily a wildlife photographer, bird, bugs... (
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If fine detail from a big crop is what you want then more MP. 5Dsr